Cherry Street Pier is located at 121 N. Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia
Cherry Street Pier is a year-round, mixed-use public space located on the central Delaware River waterfront. Built into the shell
of a century-old municipal pier, it is a reflection of Philadelphia today—creative, diverse, historic, adaptable, and inspired.

Portside is one of thirteen artists and nonprofit organizations to have a studio space at Cherry Street Pier, which has 
repurposed shipping containers into artist studios and galleries. This studio and gallery space is an addition to our 2531
E Lehigh Ave location where we continue to provide the community with arts education. Artists and organizations utilize
the spaces to create ​work, educate, and host arts exhibitions and programs. Visit us at Studio #5 in Cherry Street Pier!

​Kids & Adult Classes at Cherry Street Pier

Portside Arts Center's
Artist in Residence Program

​Each month, a new artist from the Portside Arts Center community is chosen as a featured resident artist in Portside’s studio space at Cherry Street Pier. These artists in residence have 24/7 access to Portside's studio where they make work during their desigrated months. Artists also have the opportunities to display their work in our monthly First Friday exhibition, participate in Cherry Street Pier's Artist & Artisans Markets, conduct workshops and classes & more.

All artists generously donate a percentage of their sales to Portside's Children's Scholarship Fund.
Bill Russell
june artist in residence
Bill Russell has been working with color, imagery and form since he was a child in Ohio winning many scholastic awards for his drawings, paintings and sculptures. He holds a B.S. in Art Education from Kent State University and an M.A. in Painting from Miami University of Ohio. He has taught art at many colleges and universities as well as in private classes at his studio.

Bill has continued to make art in a variety of mediums exhibiting throughout the US. In addition he started his own company, Bill Russell Studio over 40 years ago to continue a tradition which stretches back into antiquity of using color and imagery to embellish furniture. In connection with this work he has authored two books on decorative finishing techniques which were published by Northlight Press.

At his current location in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia Bill operates both his studio and gallery showing his own and other artists’ work.
kerry & Kevin De young
May Artists in residence
Kevin is a scientist based in Philadelphia and Kerry a teacher of the arts at Portside Arts Center based in Philadelphia. 

Together they make mixed media artwork. Kevin focuses on abstraction whereas Kerry focuses on Impressionism. They named their body of work at Portside at Cherry Street Pier "Abstract Moments." Their work as one is married to the liberty of living in the moment, and as artists, they lean into expressing their emotions freely. Making art as a married couple has only made their work more personal, as the viewer can get a sense of the relaxed space the two artists share. As each of their artwork grows and changes through the lenses of time, you are left with Abstract Moments.
Natalie saez
April ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Natalie Marie Saez was born and raised in Irvine, California in 1992.  She completed her Bachelors in Fine Art with a concentration in painting from the Herberger Institute at Arizona State University in 2014.  During this time, Saez developed a deep interest in portraiture and a fascination with the human psyche.  Following these passions, Saez received her Masters of Art in Art Therapy and Counseling from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were she currently resides.  After several years of working as a community based art therapist in Philadelphia schools, she has redirected her attention to the field of art education. Saez continues to paint, creating semi-autobiographical, surreal pieces influenced by mental and emotional transitions, her spirituality, and past experiences as a therapist.
Joann moy
march ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
​Growing up just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1970s and 80s, Painter JoAnn Moy pursued a variety of artistic endeavors. This path eventually led her to study fine art and design at Drexel University, where in 1995, she earned a degree in graphic design. While there, she reveled in the culture and art Philadelphia offered.

​After many years as an Art Director, JoAnn began to feel the creative lure back to fine art, specifically painting, and she began showing her work at various local venues. JoAnn splits her focus between creating abstract figures representing human emotion and impressionistic landscapes. She has dubbed her collection of abstract figure work Abstract Humanity and creates them with acrylic paint and some collage. Her landscapes are generally done in oil.
Amy kelly
January artist in residence
​“The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of a human soul”
 Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I am an artist, art teacher, mother, and wife. 
I have been creating art since early childhood. Creating art is my biggest passion. I am not a happy person if I can not make something. 

In my way back past, I was voted most artistic of my high school class. I have a BFA in drawing from Kutztown University. For close to 20 years, I bartended. Bartending allowed me to spend my days painting. Since making my two most amazing creations, my children, I started teaching.  After several  years of not making art while raising my babies, I decided to get serious about my art making. I created 4&7. 
4&7 is my alter ego, my inspiration, and my reminder to myself who I am. In college I acquired the nickname 47. When I decided I couldn’t live without creating anymore, my children were the ages 4 and 7. It seemed to make sense to name my artistic side 4&7. As an aside, I’m 47 this year!

I make commission mixed media pictures for anyone who wants one. I’ve mostly done paintings of people’s homes. I really love hearing the stories. The pictures are mostly people that have sold their homes or homes that used to be in the family. I’m capturing a memory. I also paint portraits and pets.

I also crochet, a lot. I’ve always loved fashion. Since, I can’t always find the clothes I want to wear,I decided to make them.

My personal work is about symbolism, spiritual beliefs, mysticism….
 I’ve always been interested in different religions and beliefs. I make mixed media portraits of people in an unreal space. I surround them with symbols that send them a wish I want for them or have meaning that is about them. 
Lisa jungmin lee
​November artist in residence
Lisa Jungmin Lee is a printmaker and art educator currently based in Philadelphia, PA.
Her main mediums are Printmaking, Drawing, Digital Art, and Photography.

Lee received her MFA in printmaking from Tyler School of Art & Architecture at Temple University and a BFA in printmaking from Hongik University in Seoul, South Korea. Her work focuses on structures and architectural forms and its impact on the human body. She is interested in exploring the relationship between movement and the visual lines from structures we experience in daily life.

lisajungminlee.com
Sarah Eberle-WIll, ben will, & Ian will
october artists in residence
Sarah Eberle studied studio art at The University of California at Berkeley.  She is currently the General Manager of Cherry Street Pier, an arts and culture space in Philadelphia, PA.  She has worked at numerous galleries throughout the United States, including The Print Center and Kala Art Institute, and was founding member of The Gallery, an award-winning gallery based in San Jose, California.  She and partner Ben Will founded Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art in 2006.  Her artwork has been shown at various galleries, both Nationally and Internationally, including Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley CA, SACI Gallery, Florence Italy, Live With Animals, Brooklyn NY, and Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia PA.

Sarah is joined by her husband Ben, a fellow artist, and her 6 year old son Iain, also an artist. Together they display their artwork, including collaborations, and work together in the studio.
claudia bokulich
September artist in residence
Claudia Bokulich is a painter from Philadelphia. Entirely figurative, her oil paintings are centered around human sexuality and gender roles in society. In some of her work, it becomes apparent how these things vary among region, culture, and even era. Personal impressions are an important part of Claudia’s thought process; both how people are perceived by others as well as how they perceive themselves. She addresses the “male gaze” in her work and attempts to challenge the concept. Ultimately, much of her work is evocative of the impact that societal conventions have upon the sexes, such as vanity, vulnerability and virility. Claudia gains image material from a variety of sources, and often collages these images on a small scale to create a scene that is particular to what she is striving to portray. She then translates this image to the canvas. Sources include baroque and renaissance master paintings, vintage photography and film stills.

claudiabokulich.com
Jessie Kay Hansen
august ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Jessie Kay Hansen is a Utah-raised multimedia artist living in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia. She graduated from Massachusetts College of Art & Design in 2017 with a B.F.A. in interrelated media. Jessie works primarily in painting and collage, using found material ranging from reflective mylar to the cut pages of famous novels. This work ranges from geometric abstraction to surreal landscapes. She also shoots film and enjoys experimental photographic techniques. Any of her works on canvas can be ordered as prints upon request. Please reach out to her with any inquiries by emailing blujesso@gmail.com. You can follow her on instagram (@blujesso) or visit her website (jessiekhansen.com) to learn more. ​
Maria Giancola
june/july ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Maria Giancola received her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2018. She received her BFA from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts in 2011. Giancola attended the School of Visual Arts Summer Residency Program in New York City, participating in the Painting and Mixed Media Program in 2017. Her artwork was included in various publications, and her book Outline was added to the Cranbrook Art Library Collection in 2018. She has exhibited her work at group and solo exhibitions across the United States, including a recent group exhibition at Cranbrook Art Museum in 2018. Giancola is currently an Assistant Teacher at the Portside Arts Center and pursuing a degree in Art Education at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia
Madison chamberlain
may ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Madison Chamberlain is a Philadelphia based creative with a degree from Philadelphia University in Fashion Design. Before launching her own brand, “Madison”, she had a career designing in the industry for companies such as Free People, and QVC. After getting industry experience and realizing that she as a fashion designer, no longer wanted to contribute to the environmental strain fast fashion puts on our planet, she took a leap and left her industry job. She began her freelance design career, was commissioned for her paintings, and also became an instructor teaching kids to sew at Butcher’s Sew Shop. After a year she realized at her core she was truly meant to be a fashion designer. “Madison” is a brand that focuses on inclusivity. Size inclusive, gender inclusive, small runs of styles, and all products being handmade in Philadelphia ensures that your purchase with “Madison”, will be an ethical one. The product you receive will last a lifetime. ​
jean murray
may ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Jean Murray is a multi-media artist living in Northeast Philadelphia. Jean has always been creative, since she was a child spending time at her mother’s arts and crafts store in Philly. A big part of Jean’s artistic practice is informed by nature. She also teaches children about nature, the environment, and how to care for and maintain it. She specializes in mixed media, such as collage, fiber art, wall hangings, mosaic, repurposed windows, and more.  Jean has a large presence in Port Richmond where she shares her art with the community.
Kim Creighton
March & April Artist in Residence
Portside's very own Founding Director Kim Creighton will be our resident artist for the month of March. Kim is a multi media artist specializing in welding, sculpture, mosaic, painting, epoxy and collage to name a few. She's drawn to vibrant color, geometric motifs and texture. Kim enjoys making art with anything she can get her hands on. She likes to repurpose, recycle, and she also likes to reflect geometric shapes in her abstract art.
Jeffro Kilpatrick
November & December Artist in Residence
Jeffro is a Philadelphia-based cartoonist and art teacher. He co-founded the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society in 1997 and is a longtime member of the Meathaus Comics Collective. In 2015, Jeffro won a SEED grant (Supporting Entrepreneurship in Education), an annual event presented by PhillyCORE Leaders for his Philly Artrepreneurs program. Jeffro also codesigned a community mural in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia with the Mural Arts Program.
Cesar Viveros
October Artist in Residence
Cesar Viveros is a renowned artist from Veracruz, Mexico who has painted murals throughout Philadelphia, including the well known mural depicting Pope Francis entilted "The Sacred Now." He has been collaborating with the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program since 1997. His Public work has been inspired by the communities he has served throughout the years to whom he has become the extended voice of their particular ideology, recurring primarily on documentary work that helps him to visually articulate these individual stories to be exposed to a broader audience.
Cesar's 'personal' art work is more like a glimpse into the Mexican ancient world on contemporary public settings for people from different venues interested in syncretism studies. Whether they are Mexican immigrants reaching out to reconnect with their cultural origins and for their vanishing cultural heritage, Hispanic people curious about typical Mexican ancient celebrations that may differ from other countries, or the general public interested in celebrations that define Mexican culture, they can experience it throughout Cesare's diverse artwork. The incorporation of Aztec Dance and ceremonies, large scale as well as miniature altars for Day of the Dead, monumental sculptures, Fresco painting, and mosaic and feather work are examples of some of his signature work outside of painting murals.
Veronica Ponce de Leon
September Artist in Residence
Veronica is a multi-media artist from Culiacán in Sinaloa, Mexico. Her paintings, paper mache, and found object sculpture have strong ties to her Mexican heritage, and reflect her experiences. Growing up surrounded by flowers and fruit markets, Veronica is inspired by her senses and surroundings. "It is my love for popular art, where through a clay jug, a pot, a pinata or an embroidered apron, a life story is told...a brief look at culture giving tradition to the beings that make up the community. My art is fed by my experiences, by the wonderful people who bring good or bad moments to my life. Thanks to this balance of good-bad, black-white, night-day, I can continue advancing in my unstoppable way of life: a life dedicated to artistic expression. I dance because I believe in happiness and love music; I paint because I see colors; I write because I love the lyrics and their impact; I am an actress because I can get lost immersed in a stage; I protest because I have a voice."
Chris Windle
July & August Artist in Residence

Chris' vast body of work spanning over 50 years ranges from technical still life oil paintings, to cardboard to sculpture to illustrations for children's books. The artistic talent that Chris possesses is amazing!  Chris graduated from Tyler School of Art in 1982 after traveling around America in the early 70's, and started a big family soon after. Since, he worked as the Rec. Leader 1 at Starr Garden Recreation Center in Philadelphia, has been represented at Gallery 51 in Philadelphia, published a children's book in Colombia, and much more! He loves to create found object sculpture, and experiment with clay and alternative materials. Since retirement from the Recreation Center, Chris has been working part time at the Portside for a year. He is referred to as the "Einstein of Art" at the Portside, for his endless knowledge of art history which he shares with students and teachers.
Transportation Info for Cherry Street Pier:

BY BIKE
Cherry Street Pier accommodates bike parking. The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation is also in the process of building out its multi-modal Delaware River Trail, connecting bikers to even more places along the river.

BY RIDE INDEGO
Philly’s bike share program, Indego, has three easy-access stations within walking distance. These include: Race Street Pier, 2nd and Race, and 2nd and Market.

BY CAR
Cherry Street Pier is located at 121 N. Columbus Boulevard. It is directly south of the Race Street Pier on the east side of Columbus Boulevard.

BY BUS
Market Street and the Waterfront are easily accessible by SEPTA bus routes 21, 42, 17, 33, and 48. These are three blocks from Cherry Street Pier. Route 25 runs along Columbus Boulevard and stops in front of the Pier.

BY RAIL
The SEPTA Market-Frankford Line (the Blue line) stops at Second Street and Market Street, located about a half a mile from Cherry Street Pier.
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BY PHLASH
The Philly Phlash stops at Penn’s Landing in addition to other major tourist destinations. Visit the website for tickets and more info. Runs seasonally.
What To Know For Your Next Visit...

Cherry Street Pier is instilling safety procedures to help maintain a relaxing, clean, and fun environment for everyone.
  • Conducting thorough, deep cleanings of all public spaces, administrative offices, and interior spaces frequently
  • At the discretion of the artists, visitors will be allowed into the studios
  • Cleaning and disinfecting public restrooms frequently
  • Visitors will be required to wear masks unless they are eating or drinking while seated
  • Guests must be seated when consuming food and beverage at the Pier
  • Sanitizing stations will be available throughout the Pier
  • Special signage will be posted to help visitors practice physical distancing
  • Ensuring all staff onsite wear appropriate personal protective equipment
  • Monitoring capacity at the Pier
  • Continuously evaluating best practices and recommendations from experts, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Thank You, Port Richmond Savings!

We would like to give thanks to Port Richmond Savings, who is sponsoring Portside at Cherry Street Pier. Port Richmond Savings has generously offered to provide funding for studio rent for one year of Portside's artist residency. We are very grateful for their continued support to help Portside continue "Empowering the Artists of Tomorrow."